Hanger for garments, wearing apparel, etc



April 13, 1948. A. STEVENSON HANGER FOR GARMENTS, WEARING APPAREL, ETC.

Filed Jan. 2, 1 947 INVENTOR. v

Patented Apr. 13, 1948 HANGER FOR GARMENTS, WEARING r APPAREL, ETC.

Andrew Stevenson, Los Angeles, Calif. Application January 2, 1947, Serial No. 719,687

3 Claims. (c1. 'zz-ssl f I he object of -my present invention has been to produce anovel and improved form of garment hanger.

In the devising of my garment hanger, the construction thereof has been designed with a special view to utmost simplicity and cheapness of manufacture, "and to make provisions for supporting a multiple of garments and other articles of wearing apparel, such as neckties, belts, suspenders, and the like.

.The garment hanger hereinafter described is constituting small platform members, so to speak, each of which is formed at its free edge portions with inwardly cut slots or seats 4, or these slots may be formed in any suitable manner.

The vertical hanger arm I previously referred to is preferably apertured as at 5 in order to enable the hanger member thus far described to be engaged over a hook in a closet, or to enable said hanger member to receive the lower end of a primarily composed of a coat, or jacket supporting section, withwhichare associated one or more pants rails in" detachable connection therewith, for carrying pants or other articles of Wearing apparel in a manner to be hereinafter explained. For facilitating the hanging of the hanger unit itself'in closets and like places, there may be utilized in connection therewith a hanger hook for engaging a supporting bar upon which a plurality of the hanger units may be suspended.

A full understanding of my improved device will be had upon reference to the detailed de scription supplied hereinafter, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of garment hanging means made in accordance with my invention with the parts of the unit separated, the coat hanger being illustrated as being suspended from a cross-bar shown in dotted lines, and the pants rail and rail for carrying other articles of apparel being illustrated in detached relation to the coat hanging member.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken through the coat hanger member primarily, with the auxiliary hanger rails or rods mounted in position thereon.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan View of the coat hanger member proper.

Referring particularly to the drawings it will be noted that the hanger unit of my invention as illustrated in Figure 1 primarily is composed of the coat hanger member which consists of the central vertical hanger arm I from which extend outwardly in a manner diverging downwardly, the hanger arms 2. The hanger arms 2 are of somewhat taper formation viewed from above in that their size diverge toward the outer ends of these members so as to afford substantially widened shoulder supporting portions for a coat, or coats, tending to prevent wrinkling or sagging of said shoulder portions of such garments.

At their outer lower portions the arms 2 are recurved inwardly and provided with horizontal extensions 3 projecting toward each other and separate accessory hook 6, thereby to facilitate suspending the hanger member upon a supporting cross-bar such as may be found in many closets for suspending a multiple number of garments.

The purpose of the horizontal extensions 3 above referred to is to support thereon, and i interlocked engagement therewith, one or more hanger rails or rods, designated 8 as seen in Figure 1, said rods being preferably provided with depending webs 8a adapted to enter the slots 4 of the extensions 3, and said rods 8 being of relatively larger cross section than the webs 8a depending therefrom, so that the ends of the rods 8 cannot pass downwardly through the slots 4, and will therefore rest upon the upper platform surfaces of the extensions 3 of the main coat hanger member.

The webs 8a of the rods 8 are provided with slots or apertured portions indicated at 9 through which the articles of wearing apparel such as suspenders, neckties, or belts, as illustrated in Figure 1, may be passed forsuspension or storage purposes. Because of the arrangement of the web portions 8a of the rods 8, when pants, in one or more pairs, are looped over the rods 8, the tendency of the spaced draped portions of the pants or trousers will be to press in somewhat fiat condition neckties that may be likewise suspended on the rods or rails 8 between the folded portions of the trousers or pants.

It is contemplated within the purview of my invention that more or less of the slots 4 or seats may be provided in the extensions 3 of the main garment hanger member that supports the coat or coats draped thereon. This is immaterial to the invention and depends upon the particular size of the hanger in reference mainly to the width or breadth of the arm portions 2 thereof. It is obvious that many ties and similar articles of apparel may be supported from the rods or rails 8, that these rods may be quickly detached from the main hanger member, and replaced thereon, and the capacity of my garment hanger unit is only limited by matters of slight variation in size and increase or decrease in the number of the rods or rails B which may be utilized.

Ties and analogous articles of wearing apparel when suspended from the members 8 will be protected from dust in an obvious manner. The hanger unit described may be very readily packed in a grip or traveling bag, as quite apparent. In the hanger construction, including all parts thereof, there are no sharp edges or wire hooks to give rise :to possible :tearing of garments or articles. It is also possible, according to the whim of the user of my hanger unit, to arrange ties which match a particular garment that he wears, in association with such garment, when such ties match the garment and are preferably used therewith.

It will be seen that when ties, belts, eto., are hung from the rails 8 through ath6$10fl$ Q, they need not be disturbed When lifting ofi trousers draped over the rails. The trousers will, in fact, tend to press ties or similar articles 50 attached or hu e.

Having thus described -r-n-y invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the'Un-ited fitatea-is:

'1. Asa new article of manufacture, a garment hanging unit comprising a coat hanging member havinga central hanger arm for suspension of this member and coat shoulder supporting arms extending in opposite directions from said centrail arm, and inclined downwardly, vertically slotted extensions projecting inwardly from the ute en s 9 he shou r t r e ch. other, and forming small platforms, and apparel depend n W b, the lat r dfitachabi y en erin vertical slots 9 the extens ons an the head be ng of a ss section l er han he web to wandly s pp t n i s e ch inc ud ng a head an a engage the tops of the platforms of the extensions.

2. A unit as claimed in claim 1, in which the rail webs are formed with longitudinal apparel receiving slots.

3. As anew article of manufacture, a garment hanging unit comprising a coat hanging member having a central hanger arm for suspension of this member, ,and coat shoulder supporting arms xtend ng in p sit .d ectionsdow ly from said central arm, and at least one hanger grail having end portions adapted to interlock and detachably engage the lower end portions of shoulder -arms aforesaid, said supporting arms being formed with extensions projecting infrorn their outer ends and toward each other, said extensions being formed to provide the interlocking engagement thereof with the rail, and such formation comprising vertical slots, the rail having a web to enter vertical slots of the extensions, and ahead to support the rail overlappingly abutting the top su ace oi the extensions.

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